Belgium beats Portugal 2-1 for Its First and Last Win at Euro 2025

Janice Cayman scored in stoppage time for Belgium to beat Portugal, 2-1, and win in its final game at the Women’s European Championship on Friday.

Amber Tysiak thought she had already scored Belgium’s winner in stoppage time, but that goal was struck out for an offside call — the second Belgium goal ruled out after a VAR check.

Portugal needed a win to have any hope of making the knockout stage but got off to a bad start when Belgium captain Tessa Wullaert slid in to meet Jill Janssens’ cross for the third-minute opener.

More bad news came from Bern, where Italy took a shocking lead against tournament favorite Spain. Portugal was hoping for a heavy Italian defeat to enable its progress to the quarterfinals on goal difference — as long as it also won.

Telma Encarnação got Portugal’s only goal late and couldn’t prevent her team’s elimination.

Spain came from behind to beat Italy 3-1 and both teams progressed from Group B, the world champions with a perfect three wins from three games, Italy second on four points, followed by Belgium on three and Portugal with one.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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